r weekender edition vol7nq33 viock lower ui srgujjgyil sahmteyauxustl71991 mpages 25 cents shock concern in wake of trailer park assaults roger belgrave staff reporter shpck arid concern lingers after a tenant at a local trailer park was v arrested following the sexual assault qf a young girl f according 06 york regional police ah 1 1 yearold toronto girl was sexually assaulted in a trailer at cedar beach park trie incident which occurred last saturday was also videotaped by the assailant police reported a 65yearold rexdale man and five year patron of the trailer park was charged with sexual assault invitation to sexual touching arid two counts of sexual interference officers have seized 49 video tapes and two photo albums con- faihing explicit pornographic shots of 11 or 12yearold grilsthe pho nographs show young female vic tims m sexual poses and sexual acts the park- with some 540 trailer and camp sites caters mostly to families said operator audrey davies when police arrived on the prop- erty to investigate the news came as a shock tojmiclotpidicomy mnihshedcrivvi pdlice are asking for the publics help inidentifyirig the girls in videos and photographs anyone- knowing of a child that might haves been victimized is asked to contact police at 7731221 v tina pereira is part of a group of relatives that spend their summers at the park her family has enjoyed the facilities for the last two surnriiers she said the kids they really like it here v commented we go home and the kids want to come back right away- y k pereira has eight and 12yearold i- daughters and a 16yearold son j upon hearing the news pereira immediately contacted the police i wanted to show them a picture i wanted to find out if my daugh ters were in the material she said howeverpolice had yet tcr return the mothers telephone call sofar the experience has had some effect on the children she iridicated our kids are affected because theyre friends with these little children they know them odilia peieira has two daughters of her own aged- 14 arid llvbut she refuses to letiffie recent eyerits spoil her perception of the picturesque park where her family has spent three summers y its a family park its nice and- quiet here she explained jf this is something that could hap pen anywhere no matter where you jive4t just a shame because the owners do such a gbodyob said pereira r for more on this story please see page 3 sainsbury to make decision mayor fran sainsbury is heduled to announce whether she will run in the upcoming november election early next week the mayor has spent two terms in office since winning a landslide decision in the 1985 election she u elected to illl her only political defeat has come at the provincial level in 1990 sainsbury was vyin the liberal nominatio markham riding but was oriar lor frank scarpitti the mayor is expe bring an end to all i and con lecture aa ference in her home morning attewell happy with party solidarity at tory conference enzodimatteo staff reporter leadership review may not be on the lips of most metroarea progressive conservatives but the question of brian mulroneys leadership is on the minds of many party faithful reports of widespread dissension within the tory party primarily over mulroneys low standing in public opinion polls repeatedly surfaced at the partys policy convention which ended in toronto last saturday while most of the pc faithful said the reports are unfounded newspapers ran accounts of convention delegates talking about erosion within the party arid the isolation the rank and file feel from the leader ship none of that feeling was evident at a recent bar becue for the prime minister at the home of markham wjiitchurchstouffville mp bill attewell 3 marjorie nielsen president of the markham whitchurchstouffville pc riding association said the party stillenjoys a good measure of sup- port in this area despite some dramatic inroads made by the populist reform party a lot of people are concerned about the partys low standing in public opinion polls nielsen said she speculated however that morevoters including conservatives that have recently aban doned me party wiir opt for die pcs when the economy improves and the next federal election is called in 1993 nielsen said the markham whitchurch fville association which signed 3500 members when it was first established in february 1988 cur rently countsaboiit 600 paid members almost 300- of which are recent recruits theres a awful lot nibre dissension than youd ever believe said stouffvilles ged stonehousea reform party spokesperson and former pc support er things are so bad that they need to project this very positive outward image if even the slightest dissension is shown whats left they would self destruct mp attewell however rejects the riotion the party is divided over mulroney he said a major reason for the policy conference was for the party leadership to hear the concerns of the rank and fijeu we have a good number of conservativesacross the country that have genuine concerns about the party he said but its the parties that do stick together that win elections v i thought there would be the odd criticism said attewell who attended the convention but i was amazed how genuine the solidarity was markville suzuki 4072 hwy 7 east markham 707044